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Bronx DA urges lawmakers to tighten cannabis and retail theft laws to protect small businesses

By Emily Swanson

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Community Board 1 Chair Clarisa Alayeto announces City Council run

By Emily Swanson

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Fed-up New Yorkers rally at City Hall demanding registration for e-bikes in NYC

"Tenants Not Tourists" launch their coalition and fight against the newly introduced Into 1107 bill which would change laws around short term rentals in New York City.

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‘Tenants not tourists’: Debate rages over NYC bill to change short-term rental legislation, expand Airbnb offerings

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Mayor unveils program to address violent crime on 10 targeted NYC blocks, including 5 in the Bronx

By Emily Swanson

Gov. Kathy Hochul announces stimulus check plan

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Hochul proposes giving New Yorkers one-time stimulus checks to offset cost of inflation

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NCAA basketball star and Bronx native Boogie Fland to play tournament at Madison Square Garden

By Emily Swanson

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Bronx pet shop owners fear statewide sales ban will hurt businesses, fail to protect animal welfare

By Emily Swanson

Mayor Eric Adams announces City of Yes passage

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City of Yes zoning plan to boost housing growth narrowly passes City Council

Mayor Adams backs low income tax break

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‘Axe the tax’: Adams-backed state proposal could free over 400,000 low-income New Yorkers from paying city income taxes

Mayor Eric Adams and Chancellor of New York Public Schools announces expansion of Future Ready NYC programs.

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Future Ready NYC education initiative expanding to more schools with new pathways of opportunity

Rev. Michael Blake announced he will join the race to be NYC Mayor in 2025.

Former Bronx Assembly Member Michael Blake announces 2025 NYC mayoral run, criticizes Eric Adams

By Sadie Brown

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Rikers Island ruling: Federal judge finds NYC in contempt of reform decree, ‘inclined’ to putting jail under receiver

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Bronx Conservative Party holds monthly meeting, Gonzalo Duran announces run for mayor

By Ethan Marshall

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Mayor’s ‘City of Yes’ housing plan clears key hurdles with several Bronx council members’ support, heads to full vote Dec. 5

By Sadie Brown

Jessica Tisch officially became the 48th police commissioner in NYPD history on Monday, as Mayor Eric Adams swore in the second woman ever to hold the post during a ceremony at One Police Plaza.

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Jessica Tisch sworn in as second-ever female New York police commissioner

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Attorney General Letitia James announced a lawsuit against Elon Musk and the Trump administration on Feb 14.

NY sues Trump admin after it pulls $73M in highway funding for not revoking non-citizen drivers licenses

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Gov. Kathy Hochul, seen here at the Stonewall National Monument in February, is facing calls to expand an HIV/AIDS housing assistance program in the state.

Dozens of groups call on Hochul to expand HIV/AIDS housing assistance beyond NYC